3. The UC Board of Regents established a first-ever cap—18 percent—on enrollment for out-of-state and international students, reports Teresa Watanabe of the LA Times$. UC had come under fire for limiting enrollment of California residents in order to make room for higher paying out-of-state students. The 18 percent cap applies to UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, UC Riverside, and UC Merced. UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego, and UC Irvine will be allowed to keep their current enrollment percentages but cannot increase them.

4. Nearly five years after the Richmond Chevron refinery explosion injured six workers and prompted 15,000 residents to seek medical care, California regulators adopted a set of new refinery safety rules, reports Denis Cuff of the East Bay Times$. Oil companies opposed the new regulations from the California Department of Industrial Relations.